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#TestUtahChallenge aims to double C-19 testing, gather citizen data

Gov. Gary Herbert has announced an ambitious initiative in partnership with Silicon Slopes Serves to double the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity and gather data from each Utah citizen to help health officials better combat the virus. The Silicon Slopes Serves initiative is…

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AG, online retailers launch program to combat COVID-19 price gouging

Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and online marketplaces KSL Classifieds, Amazon, eBay and Facebook have announced a partnership aimed at monitoring and combating price gouging related to COVID-19. The attorney general’s office will partner with the Utah Division of Consumer…

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Rapid Response Team wants more businesses using federal resources

The Utah Governor’s Economic Recovery Task Force and World Trade Center Utah have partnered with the SBA Utah District Office to establish a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to help level the economic impact of COVID-19 by increasing the number of Utah businesses using federal…

DMV opens drive-through services at some offices in response to lines

The Utah Division of Motor Vehicle (DMV) has temporarily opened drive-through services at some offices on Saturdays. Long lines started forming at the offices after the lobbies were closed to the public in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following DMV offices now…

Co-Diagnostics' COVID-19 test gets emergency-use go-ahead from FDA

Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company based in Salt Lake City, announced last week that its Logix Smart Coronavirus COVID-19 test has obtained emergency-use authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration to be used for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. The…

SBA clarifies faith-based organizations' eligibility for PPP and EIDL loan programs

The Utah District office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has issued guidance clarifying that all faith-based organizations impacted by COVID-19 are eligible to participate in the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, without…

DWS providing more resources

The Utah Department of Workforce Services has added some new resources for those Utah workers seeking compensation during layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new resources include an “frequently asked questions” section for the those filing weekly claims and an overview of…

Woods Cross refinery making Tier 3 fuels

HollyFrontier Corp. has announced that it will soon be producing Tier 3 fuels at its Woods Cross refinery for use along the Wasatch Front. Tier 3 fuels contain less sulfur and therefore produce far fewer emissions that lower-grade fuels. “HollyFrontier Woods Cross cares about…

One Utah Child Care to assist essential employees

The Utah COVID-19 Child Care Task Force has created a new program called One Utah Child Care to meet the needs of essential employees, such as healthcare workers and first responders, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The online tool for parents to register is now available and…

Get ready, because your job just might become obsolete

By John Graham Millions of us wake up one morning to the haunting realization that we’re losing the battle to avoid becoming obsolete on the job. It affects those in their 20s, while others don’t see the darkness descend until they’re much older. Some are high school dropouts,…

Succeeding in Your Business: When a side venture becomes a corporate opportunity

By Cliff Ennico “I have a very successful service business with two partners who have become very close friends. The business is organized as a limited liability company (LLC). “Our business is doing quite well, but we see an opportunity to start a wholly unrelated business (in…

What's holding you back from achieving your goals? Is it fear?

By Angela Civitella Research first diagnosed the fear of success a couple of decades ago. The findings, at the time, related to fear of success in women, and the results proved incredibly controversial. Since then, however, most scientists and psychologists agree that the fear…

State has bridge loans for businesses hurt by virus

By Brice Wallace Utah state government has implemented a new loan program designed to help businesses hurt by the impacts of the COVID-19 virus. At a special meeting conducted by phone last week, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board unanimously approved the…

COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations and postponements

The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars. This is not a complete list of postponements or cancellations. Check with…

COVID-19 impact on Utah tourism 'dire' - down 90%

By Brice Wallace “Sobering.” “Dire.” Those are a couple of descriptions of the COVID-19 impacts on Utah’s tourism industry. Vicki Varela, managing director of tourism and film at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, recently told a videoconference audience that visitor…

UofU libraries putting idle 3D printers to work on face shields for healthcare workers

What can a library worker do to help with the COVID-19 outbreak? As it turns out, a lot. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, library employees at the University of Utah never envisioned they’d play a role in helping healthcare workers on the front lines. But now, staff…

Nelnet Bank receives charter from state, OK from FDIC

Nelnet, one of the nation’s largest servicer of student loans headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, has received the approval of both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (UDFI) to establish a chartered industrial bank…

Business, community leader Bob Garff dies

Robert H. Garff, chairman of Garff Enterprises Inc., the car dealership group founded by his father and a former speaker of the Utah House, died last week from complications of the coronavirus. After driving back from a visit to Palm Springs, California, Garff and his wife…

These are self-deceptions that keep us from taking advantage of opportunities

By John Graham As human beings, we’re experts at deceiving ourselves, all because it’s so easy for us to think we know more than we do. As a result, we do less than our best work, miss out on opportunities and mess up our decisions. To be sure, self-deception is one way we keep…

Succeeding in Your Business: From the mailbag: Can you copyright a common name?

By Cliff Ennico “I just watched your YouTube video on basic copyright law and didn’t hear you touch on this subject, so I thought I’d drop you a line and ask you this question. I’m having trouble understanding the part of copyright law that does not extend to titles, names,…

With COVID-19, remote meetings are the new normal

Here are 16 suggestions to make them more effective With COVID-19 here for the foreseeable future, businesses are rethinking everything. More and more employees are working from home, which means people who once met face-to-face must now meet virtually. The good news is,…

Task force: Utah's businesses need innovative attack on virus

By Brice Wallace State government and business officials are calling on companies and their customers to be innovative in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Speaking on a virtual conference call, members of the Utah Economic Response Task Force, created by Gov. Gary Herbert,…

Things are about to change with Utah's best-in-nation jobless rate

Utah’s end-of-the-month unemployment rate for February was just a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Still registering among the nation’s lowest at 2.5 percent at the end of last month, the state’s jobless rate will skyrocket before March’s numbers are tabulated and released because of…

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